1987 Meat Beat Manifesto is born.
(Fatboy Slim is still playing britpop in The Housemartins)

1987 MBM release the dancefloor classic "Radio Babylon."
(Goldie enters High School)

1988 A fire destroys Meat Beat's debut album. New tracks are written and recorded.
(The Crystal Method get caught with Fake I.D.'s at Caesar's Palace Casino)

1989 MBM release Armed Audio Warfare and "Marrs Needs Women" is a major club hit.
(The Propellerheads get summer beach jobs in Brighton)

1990 MBM release 99% and "Psyche Out" is a major club hit.
(The Prodigy sample "Radio Babylon on their song "Charly")

1991 MBM tours the states with nine inch nails.
(Future Sound of London sample "Radio Babylon" on their song "Papua New Guinea")

1993 MBM remix David Byrne, David Bowie, Depeche Mode and nine inch nails.
(Roni Size puts out his first single)

1993 MBM co-headlines a tour with Moby.
(Daft Punk still spinning Depeche Mode in Paris discos)

1996 MBM sign with nothing Records and release the double-CD Subliminal
Sandwich. (Chemical Brothers release their mix CD "Live at the Social" featuring MBM's 1988 classic "Cutman")

1997 MBM release Original Fire (a reference to the 1988 fire that destroyed their first album), containing reworkings of old material.
(Alternative Radio FINALLY starts adding Electronic Artists to their playlists -- ten years later!)

1998 MBM tour the states with the Prodigy.
6/13: San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo's
6/16: Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
6/18: Seattle, WA @ Seattle Center
6/22: Chicago, IL @ Rivera Theatre
6/23: Montreal, Quebec @ Du Maurier Stadium
6/24: Detroit, MA @ State Theatre
6/26: Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
6/27: Miami Beach, FL @ Bayfront Amphitheatre
6/29: New York City, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom
6/30: New York City, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom